Having considered the reports of the Secretary-General
on the financing of the United Nations Transition Assistance Group,
the report of the Board of Auditors on the audit of the Special
Account for the United Nations Transition Assistance Group and
the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative
and Budgetary Questions,

Bearing in mind Security Council resolution 435 (1978)
of 29 September 1978, by which the Council established the United
Nations Transition Assistance Group for a period of up to twelve
months, as well as Council resolutions 629 (1989) of 16 January
1989 and 632 (1989) of 16 February 1989,

Recalling its resolution 43/232 of 1 March 1989 on the
financing of the Group and its subsequent resolutions thereon,
the latest of which was resolution 45/265 of 17 May 1991,

Reaffirming that the costs of the Group are expenses
of the Organization to be borne by Member States in accordance
with Article 17, paragraph 2, of the Charter of the United Nations,

Recalling its previous decision regarding the fact that,
in order to meet the expenditures caused by the Group, a different
procedure is required from the one applied to meet expenditures
of the regular budget of the United Nations,

Taking into account the fact that the economically more
developed countries are in a position to make relatively larger
contributions and that the economically less developed countries
have a relatively limited capacity to contribute towards such
an operation,

Bearing in mind the special responsibilities of the
States permanent members of the Security Council, as indicated
in General Assembly resolution 1874 (S-IV) of 27 June 1963, in
the financing of the Group,

Noting with appreciation that voluntary contributions
in cash and in kind have been made to the Group,

1. Endorses the observations and recommendations contained
in the report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and
Budgetary Questions;

2. Urges all Member States to make every possible effort
to ensure payment of their assessed contributions to the United
Nations Transition Assistance Group in full;

3. Takes note with appreciation of the financing by
two Member States through voluntary contributions of the shortfall
of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
for the repatriation of Namibians, and decides that the corresponding
amount in the Special Account for the United Nations Transition
Assistance Group shall be transferred to the Peace-keeping Reserve
Fund;

4. Decides that 2,006,977 United States dollars, representing
the unencumbered balance of appropriations (1,952,629 dollars)
and the additional voluntary contributions in cash (54,348 dollars),
in the Special Account shall be credited to Member States;

5. Decides also to transfer any additional amount remaining
in the Special Account after liquidation of obligations owed to
Member States to the Peace-keeping Reserve Fund.